Lake Buena Vista, Florida Lake Buena Vista, Florida Official seal of Lake Buena Vista, Florida Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Lake Buena Vista is a town/city in Orange County, Florida, United States.
It is mostly known for being the mailing address for Walt Disney World although almost all of the resort facilities, including all four infamous parks, are physically positioned in the adjoining town/city of Bay Lake.
It is one of two Florida municipalities controlled by The Walt Disney Company, the other being Bay Lake.
The permanent residentiary populace of Lake Buena Vista was 10 at the 2010 census. Lake Buena Vista is part of the Orlando Kissimmee Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
2.2 The lake Chapter 67-1965 of the Laws of Florida, incorporating the City of Reedy Creek, was signed into law by Governor Claude R.
On May 12, 1967, the same day he also signed chapters 67-764 (creating the Reedy Creek Improvement District) and 67-1104 (incorporating the town/city of Bay Lake).
It was positioned fully inside the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
The town/city was controlled by the Walt Disney Company and allowed it powers that other region attractions had not had.
The town/city was completely moved, taking over some territory that had been part of the City of Bay Lake (and was given up by Chapter 69-836, which became a law the same day) and including some other territory that had formerly been unincorporated.
Soon after, the City of Reedy Creek was retitled to the City of Lake Buena Vista to better reflect its new location, through which Reedy Creek did not flow.
"Buena Vista" comes from the name of the street in Burbank, California, where the Walt Disney Company is headquartered.
The Reedy Creek Improvement District had all the powers of the town/city and more, raising the questions of why metros/cities needed to be incorporated inside it.
The only inhabitants of the town/city are Disney employees and their immediate family members who live in a small improve on Royal Oak Court, north of Disney Springs.
Lake Buena Vista is positioned at 28 22 39 N 81 31 18 W (28.377362, -81.521728). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), of which 3.0 square miles (7.7 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2) (4.02%) is water. The only long-term inhabitants in Bay Lake live in a mobile home park on Little Lake Bryan, which, in 1987, had nine mobile homes.
As of that year many employees wished to live in Bay Lake or Lake Buena Vista due to their adjacency to their jobs. Climate data for Lake Buena Vista, FL Lake Buena Vista is a small body of water positioned east of the Buena Vista Golf Course, west of the crossing of State Road 535 and Interstate 4.
The lake, which was called "Blake Lake" before its acquisition by Disney, was titled for Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California, where Disney's corporate command posts are located.
Several Walt Disney Company company entities had names including "Buena Vista", a Spanish phrase that means "good view".
In 2015, guide maps for the Disney Springs shopping, dining, and entertainment precinct started promoting Village Lake, which the precinct and Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa borders, as "Lake Buena Vista". Both the actual lake and the promoted lake are connected via a stream, which is crossed by a bridge linking Disney Springs' Marketplace region with Saratoga Springs Resort.
Lake Buena Vista Golf Course Reedy Creek Improvement District Fire Department Emergency Services fire station The Reedy Creek Improvement District has its Fire Department Emergency Services station in Bay Lake, near Lake Buena Vista. Lake Buena Vista is inside Orange County Public Schools. The only subdivision inside Lake Buena Vista (Royal Oak Court) falls inside the attendance zones of Sand Lake Elementary School, Southwest Middle School, and Dr.
Bay Lake, Florida The spike in the 1990 populace reflects the temporary inclusion of inhabitants of the Vista Way apartements, which began operation in 1988.
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"It Is Indeed A Small World After All Residents Of Bay Lake And Lake Buena Vista Live In Desired Isolation".
"Monthly Averages for Lake Buena Vista, FL".
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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